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Lot Essay
This elegant brass-inlaid table is characteristic of the revived interest in Regency forms during the latter part of the nineteenth century. The distinctive 'antique' lyre-form supports derive from patterns published by Thomas Hope in his Regency Furniture and Interior Decoration of 1807, pl.XV and LVI which includes a music room table, similarly adorned.
Among the several late nineteenth century firms that revived Regency designs was Edwards & Roberts, established at Wardour Street, London in 1845. A brass-inlaid dining room suite of remarkable quality which bears the label of this firm was sold in these Rooms, 30 January 1988, lots 487-493. Pieces from this suite, including a side table which shares the same brass-inlaid arcaded border, is illustrated in F.Collard, Regency Furniture, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1985, p.248.
Among the several late nineteenth century firms that revived Regency designs was Edwards & Roberts, established at Wardour Street, London in 1845. A brass-inlaid dining room suite of remarkable quality which bears the label of this firm was sold in these Rooms, 30 January 1988, lots 487-493. Pieces from this suite, including a side table which shares the same brass-inlaid arcaded border, is illustrated in F.Collard, Regency Furniture, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1985, p.248.